ygmir wrote:Looks great and I had a thought how bad it would look if you used limb wood 3" dia bark removed, would look very barbarian. (one skinny tree should give enough lumber) Or have you considered "distressing" the horizontal pieces, by banging on them with a double jack sledge hammer, done right it would look really nice.

Check out the posts and beams in this pic

my thought is to run a draw knife downs the edges......make them look a little more "hand hewn" and, take the sharp part off.........

ygmir wrote:Looks great and I had a thought how bad it would look if you used limb wood 3" dia bark removed, would look very barbarian. (one skinny tree should give enough lumber) Or have you considered "distressing" the horizontal pieces, by banging on them with a double jack sledge hammer, done right it would look really nice.

Check out the posts and beams in this pic

my thought is to run a draw knife downs the edges......make them look a little more "hand hewn" and, take the sharp part off.........

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my thought is to run a draw knife downs the edges......make them look a little more "hand hewn" and, take the sharp part off.........[quote]
Maybe I'll try dragging in on the freeway for a few miles.

ygmir wrote:my thought is to run a draw knife downs the edges......make them look a little more "hand hewn" and, take the sharp part off.........

Maybe I'll try dragging in on the freeway for a few miles.

I think when I have tried to remove an edge with a knife, the grain would pull the blade into the wood and not give a nice smooth finish. A hand plain, would take that edge off really quickly,
or like I suggested, take a hammer to the edge, not a framing hammer, but a smooth faced hammer), you will need to sand afterwards to take off the splinters..

The highway idea isn't really a bad idea. And doesn't it sound like you should go a bit "barbarian" on them lumber pieces.

(did anyone look at those beams in Scotty's Castle, they are AMAZING.. all done by hand. And the way they are finished they are smooth as a babies bottom)

Or, leather tied about the posts and beams would look pretty cool and make for a smoother piece of lumber for someone naked to climb on.

(hope you don't mind my two cents.. what you are doing looks like fun!)

littleflower wrote:dougly ... where can i find your previous avatar? the cute barbarian? i was thinking it's a frank frazetta, but i can't find it. i want to base a barbarian stamp on it ... i'll keep looking.

Cute barbarian? Urrr?

My current badboy is by Simon Bisley.

Luis Royohas a "cute" barbarian. I could whip him before breakfast, though.